dancing
dance
terpsichore
saltation | taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music |
cabaret
floorshow
floor show | a series of acts at a night club |
break dancing
break dance | a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground, normally performed to the rhythm of rap music |
nautch
nauch
nautch dance | an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls |
slam dancing
slam dance | a form of dancing in which dancers slam into one another, normally performed to punk rock |
tap dancing
tap dance | a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet |
toe dancing
toe dance | a dance performed on tiptoe |
ballet
concert dance | a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers |
| modern dance | a style of theatrical dancing that is not as restricted as classical ballet, movements are expressive of feelings |
clog dance
clog dancing
clog | a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles, has heavy stamping steps |
| apache dance | a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld) |
belly dance
belly dancing
danse du ventre | a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen |
| fan dance | a solo dance in which large fans are manipulated to suggest or reveal nakedness |
| bubble dance | a solo dance similar to a fan dance except large balloons are used instead of fans |
interpretive dance
interpretive dancing
interpretative dance
interpretative dancing | a form of modern dance in which the dancer's movements depict an emotion or tell a story |
dance step
step | a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance, he taught them the waltz step |
ballroom dancing
ballroom dance | any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom |
| round dance round dancing | a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement |
folk dancing
folk dance | a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts) |
morris dance
morris dancing | any of various English folk dances performed by dancers in costume |
sword dance
sword dancing | any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air |
country-dance
country dancing
contredanse
contra danse
contradance | a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line |
longways
longways dance | country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other |
round dance
ring dance | a folk dance, dancers form a circle |
square dance
square dancing | American country dancing in which couples form squares |
ritual dancing
ritual dance
ceremonial dance | a dance that is part of a religious ritual |
| apache devil dance | a ritual dance of the Apache |
| corn dance | a rain dance of Amerindians |
danse macabre
dance of death | a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave |
| ghost dance | a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead |
| rain dance | a ritual dance intended to bring rain |
| snake dance | a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked |
| sun dance | a ceremonial dance performed by Amerindians at the summer solstice |
| war dance | a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory |
| dance lesson | a lesson in dancing |
ballroom
dance hall
dance palace | large room used mainly for dancing |
| dance floor | a bare floor polished for dancing |
floor
flooring | the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure), they needed rugs to cover the bare floors, we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent |
floor level storey
story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
| floor trading floor | a large room in a exchange where the trading is done, he is a floor trader |
| floor | the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business, there was a motion from the floor |
floorboard
floor board | a board in the floor |
floor cover
floor covering | a covering for a floor |
| floor joist | joist that supports a floor |
| floor lamp | a lamp that stands on the floor |
| floor plan | scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level, contrasts with elevation |
fly gallery
fly floor | a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater, stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies |
ground floor
first floor
ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
mezzanine
mezzanine floor
entresol | intermediate floor just above the ground floor |
| parquet parquet floor | a floor made of parquetry |